In some instances HMOs give their doctors financial bonuses for not ordering tests or referring their patients to specialists. Some HMOs pay doctors according to a "withhold" system, in which some of the money the doctors are owed is held back and paid only at the end of the year, and only if the doctors have not ordered too many tests or referred too many patients to specialists ("Did You Know"). ... However when needless tests and procedures are done the treatment will cost more. ... This is a typical nonspecific symptom, so naturally some tests are done. ...

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The book of Genesis is the beginning of many things. It is the first book of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Tanak. It also is the first book of the Pentateuch, or the Torah. Within its text lie stories of creation, the beginning of all things, and stories of the beginnings of the people of Israel. Perhaps that is why the Hebrews first titled it Bereshith, which means "in beginning." ...

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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2 then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. ...

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The phenomenon of Death of a Salesman has been the same all over the world. ... Miller's personal history is demonstrated in his sensitive and passionate writing in Death of a Salesman (Griffin 41). ...

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Two years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. ... By 1978 "Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems produced by Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeeded Mao Zedong as CCP leader after Mao's death" (Shirk 35). ... Using this principle as a guide, China had for centuries attempted to choose at least its bureaucratic leaders by administering a test to determine their moral force. ... It is noteworthy that Shirk feels that the Chinese Communist Party leaders sa...

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BIOGRAPHY According to Life Magazine and several other sources, Thomas Edison was "the most influential figure of the millennium." Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, Thomas Edison was not born into poverty in a backwoods mid-western village. He was born, on Feb. 11, 1847, to middle-class parents in the bustling port of Milan, Ohio: a community that, next to Odessa, Russia, was the largest wheat shipping center in the world. In 1854, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, which was also an up and coming shipping center. Not long after young Tom - who was called "Al" in his earliest...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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• Grade Level: High School

Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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• Grade Level: High School